bluff

/blʌf/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 断崖, 绝壁, 吓唬
  2. a. 直率的
  3. v. 吓唬, 欺骗

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

现在分词 bluffing复数 bluffs过去式 bluffed比较级 bluffer过去分词 bluffed第三人称单数 bluffs

💬 双语例句

  1. German and European Union policymakers are calling his bluff. As a result, the two sides have become stuck in a passive-aggressive standoff that has made serious negotiation impossible.

    德国和欧盟决策者认为他是虚张声势。 结果,双方陷入了负和僵局,让严肃的谈判无从进行。

  2. Diamond apparently believed his own rhetoric – that he and his bank are critical to economic prosperity in the UK. The regulators called his bluff and forced him to resign.

    博达文显然被自己的修辞说服了 — — 真的以为他和他的银行对英国的经济繁荣不可或缺。 监管者们将计就计,顺势把他赶下台。 巴克莱的股价随之略有回升。

  3. Not falling for the trick, speculators repeatedly called his bluff. Draghi, with his famous pledge to do “whatever it takes” to ensure the euro’s survival, succeeded where Paulson did not.

    时任美国财政部长保尔森在2008年金融危机期间就祭出过类似的火箭炮。 他失败了,因为他认为只要气势汹汹,就算是假枪也能奏效。 投资者并不买账,一再戳穿了他的虚张声势。 德拉吉的著名承诺 — — “不惜一切代价”确保欧元生存正是成功在保尔森的失败之处。 毕竟,他控制着货币龙头。

🔵 同义词

🔗 常用搭配

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📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  2. n. pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
  3. n. the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
  4. v. deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand